immortal, butt-kicking barbie. and ken has a sword.

Djeta Thernadier said:
Yeah. Doesn't Barbie have an assortment of man-dolls, Her friends boyfriends and what not, who are cooler looking than Ken?
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According to my wife, when she was a kid, Ken was always gettin' kicked to the curb by Barbie in favor of G.I. Joe. :D
 

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My real problem is that it is Barbie and Ken. Had they just been dolls, no worries. But having the Barbie proportions on the Liv Tyler version of the character is kind of off, and Ken really is too much of a wuss.

I suppose it could have been worse. They could have used the "My Scene" versions of Barbie and Ken, and we would have had people complaining about the "anime inspired stylized crap" as well as the commercialization.
 

My sister had Donnie Osmond rather than Ken. My wife used Ken, though. So does my daughter, thanks to my mother. My brothers and I argued for a real man, but she didn't go for G.I. Joe for some reason.

Of course, now we have a 13" Incredible Hulk. That big guy really takes Barbie's breath away, let me tell you. Look at the size of those feet! ;)
 

Djeta Thernadier said:
At my house, Jem and her crew frequently came to the Dream House and took over...
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It may not have been healthy - but my adolescent fantasies also included Barbie and Jem getting in on while Ken was thrown out the window - aagh the joys of teenage boys learning about sex!:P
 

Joshua Dyal said:
My sister had Donnie Osmond rather than Ken. My wife used Ken, though. So does my daughter, thanks to my mother. My brothers and I argued for a real man, but she didn't go for G.I. Joe for some reason.

Of course, now we have a 13" Incredible Hulk. That big guy really takes Barbie's breath away, let me tell you. Look at the size of those feet! ;)
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Donnie & Marie woohoot wahae! Was it just me or did every boy in the 70's have a crush on Marie Osmond?
 
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No, I don't think anyone is complaining about shameless exploitation, my complaint is shameless exploitation done incredibly badly. When I saw the picture of the 'Ken'-'Aragorn' doll I didn't see or think Aragorn.

What I immediately saw was the French version of a neutered King Arthur. The costumes actually look decent but the effect of them on a doll that is designed to look 'boyish' is rather jarring.

It just doesn't fit with what most people imagine when they think of Aragorn. You can't tell me you look at that picture and think of someone who lived decades in the wilderness and on the run from the enemy.


Tratyn Runewind said:
Hello,
D&D fans grumbling about shameless exploitation of beloved fantasy literature. The scope of the irony there is breathtaking. The dolls are scarring now, but make them out of lead at 25mm tall, and then they'd be cool, right? :rolleyes:

I am not now at all sure that the tendency to treat the whole thing as a kind of vast game is really good - certainly not for me who find that kind of thing only too fatally attractive.

- J. R. R. Tolkien, in a letter of March 1955.
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*reads the posts*
*follows one or two links*

Man, I realized something: You don't know what a geek you are with your roleplaying hobby until you have the people in a RPG forum have a lengthy discussion on Barbie dolls and who should be her best partner. :eek:
 


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